Chapter 10.40
REGULATING THE KINDS AND CLASSES OF TRAFFIC ON CERTAIN STREETS
Sections:
10.40.120 Operation on certain streets – Peak hour.
10.40.130 Exceptions – Operation on specified streets without a permit.
10.40.140 Operation on nonarterial streets.
10.40.060 Routes – Trucks carrying overlegal loads and truck-trailer or truck semi-trailer combinations used for intercity or interstate hauling.
All trucks carrying overlegal loads under a state or county permit, traveling to, from or through the city, and all truck and trailer combinations and truck and semi-trailer combinations used in intercity or interstate hauling shall be limited, without special permit, to the following arterial streets:
(1) 1st Avenue South (city limit);
(2) S/SW 128th Street between Ambaum Boulevard South and SR 509;
(3) Ambaum Boulevard SW between SW 128th Street and SW 148th Street;
(4) SW 148th Street between Ambaum Boulevard SW and 1st Avenue South;
(5) South 174th Street/Des Moines Memorial Drive South between 1st Avenue South and SR 509;
(6) Ambaum Boulevard SW between SW 128th Street and SW 116th Street;
(7) 16th Avenue SW between SW 116th Street and SW 112th Street (city limit);
(8) South 128th Street between Des Moines Memorial Drive South and SR 509;
(9) South 160th Street between 1st Avenue South and SR 509;
(10) Des Moines Memorial Drive South between South 128th Street and South 108th Street. [Ord. 633 § 1, 2015; Ord. 598 § 1, 2014; Ord. 134 § 5, 1995]
10.40.120 Operation on certain streets – Peak hour.
No person shall operate a truck or truck-tractor and semi-trailer over eight feet in width, over 30 feet in length, or over 32,000 pounds gross weight, or a motor vehicle with a trailer attached, except authorized buses or stages on any weekday during the 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. hours without a permit for such operation as provided in BMC 10.30.080, 10.30.100, and 10.30.110 except as provided in BMC 10.40.130. [Ord. 134 § 5, 1995]
10.40.130 Exceptions – Operation on specified streets without a permit.
BMC 10.30.080, 10.30.100 and 10.30.120 shall not apply to persons operating motor vehicles engaged in movement to or from an in-street work area when such movement to or from the in-street work area is required to protect life, limb or property. [Ord. 134 § 5, 1995]
10.40.140 Operation on nonarterial streets.
No person shall operate a vehicle except authorized buses exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight on any street that is not designated an arterial street; provided, that this section shall not prohibit necessary local operations on such nonarterial streets for the purpose of reaching the vehicle’s destination or for a pick-up or delivery. (UVC-MTO 17-2, 1972 Supp.) [Ord. 134 § 5, 1995]